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angle of incidence |
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angle of incidence [′aŋ·gəl əv ′in·sə·dəns] (optics) The angle formed by a ray arriving at a surface and the perpendicular to that surface at the point of arrival. Also known as incidence angle. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The system adjusts the positioning of solar cell panels to ensure that they remain perpendicular to the incident angle of the sun's rays in order to maximize energy output. The specimen rotation stage and the detector ring position determine the incident angle of the beam on the specimen and the viewing angle of the detector. d] is set equal to the incident angle [theta], and for each angle [theta] considered, a sufficient number of rays is generated with a divergence distributed according to Sec. |
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